The Lost Hero

Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself.

Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself.
First of a series.

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Honestly speaking I could have gone without this book because without at least one classical character, I felt this was a bit of a drag. Leo, Piper and Jason are all new demigods brought to Camp Half Blood through Annabeth. But now there is the struggle of a new quest to free Hira from her caged prison, and it will be the ultimate test for the three demigods who are still aiming to find themselves. Leo cannot believe everything is connected; from his childhood memories and sorrows up until now. Jason recalls nothing from his past life, and feels lost in this world despite being the son of Zeus. Piper has problems when it comes to her celebrity father, her Cherokee blood and the girls at her cabin. But all in all, when Piper’s dad comes into the picture, all three of this faithful friends must find themselves within each other. We come closer and closer to the Final Prophecy, the prophecy in which seven demigods must fight Mother Earth to save the world and their camps. A decent start! Rating 3/5
- @jewelreader of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library

I don't like the fact that even though Jason was a son of Zeus, he was seen as this "handsome, good-looking guy". I feel like it would've been better if he'd been a son of Aphrodite. I felt like this story was implicitly sexist, too, from the fact that the only power Piper had was the ability to charm people with her beauty even though she had her dagger, which she didn't use as much as she could've. But this book is one of the few books that kept me reading and reading and reading.

I really liked Lost Hero because it showed the perspective from all the main characters. Another reason I liked this is because the Greek mythology go's really well in the current time, I also like how it's starting to introduce roman mythology.

The Lost Hero is a book written by Rick Riordan. THe book is about 3 misbehaving kids going on a trip to the grand canyon but everything goes wrong. The book is packed with a great plot and great characters that were showed really well. The first book in the blood of Olympus is one of the best books rick has written.

Characters: 8/10
Plot: 9/10
Writing: 10/10
I listened to this on audiobook, so that influenced my reading experience of this particular book. First, comment on the narration: I liked it decently well. Joshua Swanson has a Hiccup-like neutral voice, and his impressions of the other character’s voices are fun. He’s not so great with female voices (especially Annabeth), but Coach Hedge and Leo, for instance, are spot-on. He also mispronounces Hera and Thalia, but I can overlook that.
As always, Rick Riordan creates great characters. Coach Hedge and Leo are my favorite characters. They’re both very funny and people I would totally want to know IRL.
This definitely reads as a sequel series to Percy Jackson, which has its positives and negatives. Riordan has done an excellent job of making it different enough that it’s still original and enjoyable. New demigods, new monsters, new rules, new villains, new premise. At first, it feels like he’s trying too hard to make the new villain sound worse than the titans, except that she actually is, so it works. I’m not as familiar with the mythology he’s pulling up, which means it feels new, but I’m not able to go “oh ho ho yeah, that guy!” I really like the integration of Roman mythology; it totally provides that new, interesting twist on the Greek stuff. I'm eager to start the next book! It’s definitely fun and enjoyable; absolutely perfect for its intended genre and audience.

The Lost Hero is a wonder! I loved the way the plot was narrated by three different perspectives - those of Jason, Leo, and Piper. The suspense kept me reading till the end, while humor added to the fun of reading this interesting story. However, I would advise one to read the Percy Jackson series first - to be able to understand some concepts book better while reading through the eyes of an experienced demigod at Camp Half-Blood.

An interesting follow-up to Rick Riordan's first series, 'Percy Jackson & the Olympians'. I liked Percy and Annabeth better than Jason and Piper, though. My favourite character out of all the books is Annabeth, followed by Piper, and then Percy.

Now the quotes I like, although that last one I am sure Elsa would have liked.
'Leo,' Jason said, 'you're weird.'
'Yeah, you tell me that a lot.' Leo ginned. 'But if you can't remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes. Come on!'

Well I told myself I would open the book and find a quote from that page and post it on here. So here it is:
'She's the goddess of snow,' Jason said. 'What's she going to do, throw snowballs at us?' But as he said it, Jason had a feeling Khione could do a lot worse.
page 225

Whatever Hera had done to shoot them across the country, it wasn't good for piper's stomach. She could barely control her nausea. Leo wasn't so lucky. He jumped of the table, ran to the nearest bronze brazier and threw up in it - which was probably not a great bunt offering for the gods.

"I don't know if she's completely unkillable," he [Leo] said, "but she cannot be defeated by toilet seats. I can vouch for that. She wanted me to betray you guys, and I was like, 'Pfft, right, I'm gonna listen to a face in the potty sludge.'"

Summary

7 half-bloods shall answer the call, to storm or fire the world must fall, an oath to be kept with a final breath, and foes bear arms to the doors of death.
You'd expect that after the last great prophecy it would take years for this one to come to pass. But of course Percy's luck isn't that good. I'm Jason and I just woke up in a bus driving to a museum in the middle of nowhere. Next thing I know my coach reveals himself to be a goat, a bunch of living clouds try to kill us and I can fly. Now I'm on my way to save a goddess from an army of monster with two people I've never met before in my life. This should be fun!

Jason wakes on a bus with no memory of anything (This is starting to sound like the maze runner) so rounded by friends who are convinced they know him and after a while things start falling into place.

penguinfami1
Aug 21, 2014

Jason, piper and Leo find themselves at camp half blood. they then go on a quest to save Hera, who is imprisoned by gaea, mother earth

Jason has a problem. He doesn't remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she's his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they're all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for "bad kids." What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea-except that everything seems very wrong.

Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he's in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn't recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?

Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What's troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper's gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all-including Leo-related to a god.

In this first installment of The Heroes of Olympus series, we are introduced to new characters, continuous adventure, and pour old heroes. With deadly fights, mind-blowing adventures, and everybody's least favorite thing-- cliffhangers-- that Rick kills us with. The Son of Neptune must be read the day after finishing this one!

orange_dolphin_185
May 27, 2014

At the beginning Jason did not know who he was but because of all his adventures he was able to regain his memory.Jason helped to save Olympus and he is the son of one of the big 3 just like Percy Jackson.This book is a lot longer than Percy Jackson and very adventurous.

This book is about 3 kids, Jason, piper, and Leo who go on a long adventure to save the goddess Hera, who has taken away a lot of Jason's memory, and piper, has a problem of her own. Her least favorite giant has captured her dad, a famous movie star, and he is ready to be eaten. The only way piper can let her dad go is to betray her two friends. Leo, has his own way of tools. he always knows how to fix things.so these three set off on their trip with their dragon, Festus the dragon, which Leo has fixed.

Jason wakes up on a bus on its way to the grand canyon. He has no clue who the girl is holding his hand, or who the obnoxious kid flanking his other side. But soon, bound by one mission, these kids are brought to camp half blood, and realize they are demigods aka children of the greek gods. Meanwhile, annabeth is worried sick. Her boyfriend, Percy Jackson is missing. Hear lied to her saying she would find him with the boy with one shoe (Jason) but she didn't... or did she? :)